FUMEC experience and the tri-national cooperation in Science, Technology and Education for Competitiveness

1. FUMEC experience and the tri-national cooperation in Science, Technology and Education for Competitiveness Fundación México-Estados Unidos para la Ciencia The United States - Mexico Foundation for Science NAMI tri-national Conference on North America Competitiveness Santa Fe Nuevo Mexico, August 27, 2005

2. FUMEC Fundación México-Estados Unidos para la Ciencia The United States - Mexico Foundation for Science MISSION Promote innovative science and technology cooperation to contribute in the solution of important problems of binational interest Board of Governors Health and the Environment H. Jaime Oaxaca Ing. Jaime Parada Dr. Pablo Rudomín Dr. Susan Scrimshaw Ing. Benito Bucay Karl Ruggeberg Dr. Álvaro Aldama Lic. Marta Macías Brown Dr. Salvador Malo Dr. Mario Molina Dra. Diana Natalicio Ing. Leopoldo Rodriguez Dr. Michael Clegg Dr. Jaime Sepúlveda Lic. Fernando Solana Sc, Tech & Ec. Development Programas Human Res. in Sc. & Tech.

3. FUMEC • INDEPENDENT NGO • HAS AN ENDOWMENT WITH RESOURCES FROM BOTH COUNTRIES • Seed money to develope programs financed by governments and foundations • GEORGE E. BROWN JR. WAS A KEY PROMOTER

4. KEY QUESTION • Is it appropriate to consider a trinational science and technology cooperation Foundation similar to FUMEC, with regional competitiveness as a priority? • This has already been considered in the context of the Security and Prosperity Partnership • Would facilitate capacity building and cooperation, linking businesses, universities and local innovation initiatives • Several programs of FUMEC relate to Sc. & Tech. cooperation for tri-national competitiveness

5. People • Work force development in critical thinking skills • “A Nation at Risk” : need for critical thinking, scientific attitudes and problem solving skills • National Academies, Smithsonian, NSRC: Inquiry Science in Basic Education • FUMEC link Mexico – United States: INNOVEC, State programs with federal support, 1,000,000 Mexican children in 2006.

6. More People • MEXICAN Diaspora in the U.S. and Canada • One million mexican professionals in the United States. (30,000 IT) • Link Mexican Diaspora in the U.S. and Canada with Mexican competitiveness • FUMEC , IME-SRE and CONACYT: Red de Talentos, initially focused into High Tech Businesses and related educational and research programs • Cipriano Santos-HP; Hector Garcia- ORACLE, Stanford; Roberto Medrano- Hispanic Net; José Blakeley- Microsft – ( Smart and effective outsourcing and higly speciallized personnel development)

7. Building and Linking Innovative Businesses • FUMEC - Secretary of Economy program: Bring the experience of Silicon Valley and other advanced regions to expand and consolidate the Innovative Business Ecosystems in Mexican Regions • TechBA SV, TechBA Austin, link with IC2, TEN • Network of Mexican Business Incubators and Entrepreneurship Centers, link with SBA-SBTDC, IRAP in Canada • Facilitate cooperation of Clusters and Innovation programs of Mexican States with: Council on Competitiveness, CONNECT-SD, U.S. State programs

8. Capacity Building • MEMS Micro Electro Mechanical Systems • Disruptive and fast growing technology, strong impact in automotive, telecommunications, biomedical, security and many other fields • FUMEC – Secretary of Economy program: • 12 Design Centers, 3 Developments Labs., Articulation Center with SB, Network with SANDIA, 10 U.S. Universities and CMC in Canada • New investments and joint binational projects

9. Strategic Innitiatives • Automotive Electronics opportunities for enhanced tri-national supply chain developments based on Sc. & Tech collaboration • FUMEC collaboration with National Academies of Engineering of the U.S. and Mexico and with Auto 21 in Canada

10. Fundación México-Estados Unidos para la Ciencia The United States - Mexico Foundation for Science